dryg

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Norwegian Nynorsk dryg

Adjective

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dryg (masculine and feminine dryg, neuter drygt, definite singular and plural dryge, comparative drygere, indefinite superlative drygest, definite superlative drygeste)

  1. economical, lasting, going a long way
  2. demanding, tough, stiff
  3. bulky, heavy, substantial, powerful, violent
  4. coarse, crude
  5. more than, over

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse drjúgr, from Proto-Germanic *dreugaz.

Adjective

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dryg (neuter drygt, definite singular and plural dryge, comparative drygare, indefinite superlative drygast, definite superlative drygaste)

  1. lasting, economical
  2. rough, demanding
  3. great, violent, heavy, bulky
  4. more than, over
  5. intense, harsh

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Polish

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Etymology

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Deverbal from drygać.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdrɘk/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɘk
  • Syllabification: dryg

Noun

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dryg m inan

  1. (colloquial) flair, knack
    Synonyms: biegłość, smykałka, sprawność, umiejętność, wprawa

Declension

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Further reading

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  • dryg in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • dryg in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish drȳgher, from Old Norse drjúgr, from Proto-Germanic *dreugaz. Cognate to Russian друг (drug, friend).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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dryg (comparative drygare, superlative drygast)

  1. lasting, economical
    drygt diskmedel
    long-lasting (concentrated) detergent
  2. lasting, heavy
  3. annoying, especially through being (sarcastic and) condescending
    en dryg snubbe
    an annoying, condescending guy
    dryga kommentarer
    annoying, sarcastic comments
  4. (of a situation) annoying
  5. approximately but exceeding
    Maten är klar om en dryg halvtimme.
    The food will be ready in about half an hour.

Usage notes

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Someone who is very spydig could be described as dryg, for example. Leans more towards getting annoyed or angry than getting sad, where someone might be described as elak (mean) instead.

Declension

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Inflection of dryg
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular dryg drygare drygast
Neuter singular drygt drygare drygast
Plural dryga drygare drygast
Masculine plural3 dryge drygare drygast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 dryge drygare drygaste
All dryga drygare drygaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic
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Further reading

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